Kids Book Index
Tami Charles
Middle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America.In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin's real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous…
Rebound (The Crossover series)Kwame AlexanderIn this prequel to The Crossover, Chuck Bell tailspins after his father’s premature death. A summer trip to his grandparents’ introduces him to both tough love and basketball.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
On a Sunbeamwritten and illustrated by Tillie WaldenOn a Sunbeam is a science fiction webcomic, later released as a graphic novel, by American cartoonist Tillie Walden.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Little Man, Little Man: A Story of ChildhoodJames BaldwinFour-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details